Five weeks and one vice-presidential debate after joining the Republican ticket, Sarah Palin is not going away. As she proved Thursday night in St. Louis, for those who hoped to make her Dan Quayle, she is not obliging. Already she…

With another school year just under way, parents understandably wonder how well their children are advancing. Perhaps parents’ real concern should be whether their children are actually falling behind. From a comparative viewpoint, they clearly are. America spends the most…

A World of Wealth: How Capitalism Turns Profits Into Progress By Thomas G. Donlan (FT Press, 215 pages, $24.99) This summer’s declining dollar and spiraling gas are driving cost-cautious Americans seeking an international vacation to find it at Disney’s Epcot….

As the Federal Reserve weighs the benefits of monetary easing against the dangers of monetary inflation, it is easy to lose sight of the bigger resolution that has occurred over the last quarter century. For a substantial part of America’s…

Recently, liberal columnist Michael Kinsley chose an alternative route to attack the 2001 tax cuts…literally. In a Washington Post piece, he posed as provocative by using the least-loved of taxes, the alternative minimum tax, to lobby for a tax increase….

When President Bush stated earlier this year “I don’t think [Social Security reform] is going to happen” it was a matter of political reality trumping policy necessity. The urgency has not diminished, only the political resources. “Fixed” before, the system…